Cole Hamels pitched 8 shutout innings, striking out 8 and walking none, beating the Mets, 6-0, in what could be his final start as a Philadelphia Phillie.

Matt Kemp went 3-4 with a pair of homers in what could be HIS final day as a Dodger, helping them to an 8-4 victory over the Braves.

Alex Cobb threw 8 strong innings, allowing just 3 hits, 1 run, striking out 12 and got the 5-1 decision for the surging Rays over the Brewers.

Brett Gardner continued his hot hitting with a 4-5 performance, smacking a homer and a pair of doubles and helping the Yankees hold on in a 12-11 slugfest in Texas.

They owned baseball on July 29, 2014.

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Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.

Stephen Strasburg threw 7 strong innings, allowing 4 hits and 1 run but got the loss as the Nationals fell 3-0 in Miami.

Freddie Freeman reached base 3 times including a homer and a pair of RBI but the Braves lost to the Dodgers, 8-4.

Scott Feldman was solid for 7 innings, giving up just 1 run and 5 hits. But the Astros bullpen collapsed and the A’s surged ahead for a 7-4 victory.

J.P. Arencibia went 4-7 with a pair of homers, including a grand slam, a pair of doubles and an amazing 7 RBI. He would be one RBI short as the Rangers lost a wild 12-11 game to the Yankees.

 

Lets See the Up to date Standings when we factor in yesterday’s heroics

2014 WOB Leaders for the National League Hitter,

Andrew McCutchen, 8,

Paul Goldschmidt, 6,

Freddie Freeman, 5 1/2,

Dee Gordon,  5,

Troy Tulowitzki,  5,

Starlin Castro,  4,

Jonathan Lucroy, 4,

Daniel Murphy,  4,

Justin Upton,  4,

Hunter Pence, 3 1/2,

Pedro Alvarez, 2 1/2,

Scooter Gennett, 2 1/2,

Carlos Gomez,  2 1/2,

Giancarlo Stanton, 2 1/2,

David Wright, 2 1/2,

Christian Yelich, 2 1/2,

Charlie Blackmon, 2,

Ryan Braun,  2,

Allen Craig, 2,

Todd Frazier, 2,

Curtis Granderson, 2,

Billy Hamilton, 2,

Matt Holliday,  2,

Adam LaRoche, 2,

Casey McGehee, 2,

Michael Morse, 2,

Brayan Peña, 2,

A.J. Pollock, 2,

Aramis Ramirez,  2,

Hanley Ramirez, 2,

Mark Reynolds, 2,

Anthony Rizzo, 2,

Seth Smith, 2,

Chase Utley, 2,

Scott Van Slyke, 2,

Nolan Arenado, 1 1/2,

Cody Asche, 1 1/2,

Brandon Belt,  1 1/2,

Emilio Bonifacio,  1 1/2,

Marlon Byrd,  1 1/2,

Corey Dickerson, 1 1/2,

Evan Gattis, 1 1/2,

Adrian Gonzalez, 1 1/2,

Josh Harrison, 1 1/2,

Ryan Ludwick, 1 1/2,

Starling Marte,   1 1/2,

Miguel Montero, 1 1/2,

Marcell Ozuna, 1 1/2,

Angel Pagan,  1 1/2,

Gerardo Parra, 1 1/2,

David Peralta, 1 1/2,

Yasiel Puig, 1 1/2,

Anthony Rendon, 1 1/2,

Jimmy Rollins, 1 1/2,

Joey Votto,  1 1/2,

Ryan Zimmerman, 1 1/2,

 

2014 WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Clayton Kershaw,   8,

Johnny Cueto,  7 1/2,

Madison Bumgarner, 5 1/2,

Cole Hamels, 5,

Homer Bailey,  4 1/2,

Tim Hudson,  4 1/2,

Tim Lincecum, 4 1/2,

Adam Wainwright, 4 1/2,

Henderson Alvarez, 4,

Zack Greinke, 4,

Mike Leake,  4,

Lance Lynn, 4,

Matt Garza, 3 1/2,

Stephen Strasburg,  3 1/2,

Julio Teheran, 3 1/2,

Bartolo Colon, 3,

Jacob deGrom, 3,

Jose Fernandez,  3,

Kyle Lohse, 3,

Hyun-Jin Ryu,  3,

A. J. Burnett, 2 1/2,

Nathan Eovaldi, 2 1/2,

Tom Koehler,  2 1/2,

Charlie Morton, 2 1/2,

Tanner Roark,  2 1/2,

Tyson Ross, 2 1/2,

Matt Cain, 2,

Andrew Cashner, 2,

Doug Fister, 2,

Yovani Gallardo, 2,

Roberto Hernandez, 2,

Ian Kennedy, 2,

Cliff Lee, 2,

Jeff Locke, 2,

Wade Miley,  2,

Wily Peralta, 2,

Jeff Samardzija, 2,

Ryan Volgelsong, 2,

Alex Wood,  2,

Travis Wood, 2,

Josh Beckett, 1 1/2,

Gerrit Cole,  1 1/2,

Jesse Hahn, 1 1/2,

Jason Hammel,  1 1/2,

Aaron Harang, 1 1/2,

Zack Wheeler, 1 1/2,

Vance Worley, 1 1/2,

Jordan Zimmermann, 1 1/2,

 

2014 WOB Leaders for American League Hitter,

Mike Trout ,6 1/2,

Jose Abreu,   6,

Edwin Encarnacion, 6,

Josh Donaldson,  5,

Miguel Cabrera,  4 1/2,

Kyle Seager,  4 1/2,

Michael Brantley, 4,

Brandon Moss,  4,

Carlos Santana, 4,

Adrian Beltre, 3,

Yoenis Cespedes, 3,

Nelson Cruz, 3,

Jacoby Ellsbury, 3,

Adam Jones, 3,

Salvador Perez, 3,

Ben Zobrist, 3,

Jose Bautista, 2 1/2,

Derek Jeter, 2 1/2,

Joe Mauer,  2 1/2,

Jose Reyes, 2 1/2,

Lonnie Chisenhall, 2,

Chris Davis, 2,

Brock Holt, 2,

John Jaso,  2,

Desmond Jennings,  2,

Ian Kinsler, 2,

Brian McCann, 2,

Derek Norris, 2,

Steve Pearce, 2,

Grady Sizemore, 2,

Dayan Viciedo, 2,

Jose Altuve, 1 1/2,

Xander Bogaerts, 1 1/2,

Asdrubal Cabrera, 1 1/2,

Melky Cabrera, 1 1/2,

Jason Castro, 1 1/2,

Brian Dozier, 1 1/2,

Brett Gardner, 1 1/2,

Matt Joyce, 1 1/2,

Leonys Martin, 1 1/2,

Logan Morrison, 1 1/2,

David Murphy,  1 1/2,

Eduardo Nunez, 1 1/2,

Rougned Odor, 1 1/2,

David Ortiz, 1 1/2,

Dustin Pedroia,  1 1/2,

A.J. Pierzynski, 1 1/2,

Albert Pujols,   1 1/2,

Alexei Ramirez, 1 1/2,

George Springer,  1 1/2,

Mike Zunino, 1 1/2,

 

2014 WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher,

Felix Hernandez,  9,

Chris Sale,  6 1/2,

David Price,  6,

Corey Kluber, 5 1/2,

Yu Darvish, 4 1/2,

Masahiro Tanaka,  4 1/2,

Mark Buehrle,   4,

Hisashi Iwakuma, 4,

Dallas Keuchel,  4,

John Lackey,  4,

Phil Hughes,  3 1/2,

Scott Kazmir, 3 1/2,

Jon Lester,  3 1/2,

Jake Odorizzi, 3 1/2,

Rick Porecllo, 3 1/2,

Max Scherzer, 3 1/2,

Chris Tillman, 3 1/2,

Chris Archer,    3,

Roenis Elias,  3,

Bud Norris, 3,

Jose Quintana, 3,

Danny Duffy, 2 1/2,

Ubaldo Jimenez, 2 1/2,

Hiroki Kuroda, 2 1/2,

Justin Masterson, 2 1/2,

Garrett Richards,  2 1/2,

Marcus Stroman, 2 1/2,

Jesse Chavez,  2,

Alex Cobb, 2,

John Danks,  2,

Scott Feldman,  2,

Sonny Gray, 2,

Collin McHugh, 2,

Martin Perez,   2,

Tyler Skaggs, 2,

Yordano Ventura,  2,

Justin Verlander,  2,

Jered Weaver,  2,

Jarred Cosart, 1 1/2,

Rubby De La Rosa,  1 1/2,

R.A. Dickey, 1 1/2,

James Shields, 1 1/2,

Jason Vargas, 1 1/2,

 

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day In 2014 MLB,

Arismendy Alcantara, Nori Aoki, Jake Arrieta, Bronson Arroyo, Erick Aybar, Carlos Beltran, Jackie Bradley Jr., Jay Bruce, Clay Buchholz, Josh Collmenter, Hank Conger, Kevin Correia,  Collin Cowgill, Brandon Crawford, Coco Crisp, Travis d’Arnaud, Khris Davis, Ike Davis, Rajai Davis, Jorge De La Rosa, Chris Denorfia, Odrisamer Despaigne, Matt Dominguez, Yunel Escobar, Andre Ethier, Gavin Floyd, Dexter Fowler, Dillon Gee, Kyle Gibson, Alex Gonzalez,  Carlos Gonzalez, Gio Gonzalez, Miguel Gonzalez, Alex Gordon, Jeremy Guthrie,  Jedd Gyorko, Adeiny Hechavarria, Jason Heyward, Eric Hosmer, Ryan Howard, Torii Hunter, Drew Hutchison, Omar Infante,   Edwin Jackson, Matt Kemp, Howie Kendrick, Jason Kipnis, Mat Latos,  Adam Lind, James Loney, Jordan Lyles, Manny Machado, Victor Martinez, John Mayberry Jr., Jordy Mercer, Devin Mesoraco, Shelby Miller, Tommy Millone, Mike Minor, Donnie Murphy,  Wil Myers, Juan Nicasio, Lyle Overbay, Chris Owings, Brad Peacock, Glen Perkins, David Phelps, Yohan Pino, Gregory Polanco, Drew Pomeranz, Martin Prado, Josh Reddick, Ben Revere, Rene Rivera, Brian Roberts, Shane Robinson, Stefan Romero, Robbie Ross Jr., Justin Ruggiano,  Carlos Ruiz, Anibal Sanchez,  Hector Sanchez, Jonathan Schoop, Matt Shoemaker,  Alfredo Simon, Justin Smoak, Yangervis Solarte, Denard Span, Dan Straily, Eugenio Suarez, Nick Swisher, Josh Tomlin, Dan Uggla, Juan Uribe, Luis Valbuena,  Michael Wacha, Neil Walker, C.J. Wilson, Brandon Workman, Eric Young Jr.

Guys Who Owned Earned 1/2 A WOB 2014 MLB,

Dustin Ackley, Matt Adams, Brett Anderson, J.P. Arencibia, Mike Aviles, Jeff Baker, Scott Baker, Mike Bolsinger, Peter Bourjos, Billy Butler, Lorenzo Cain, Kole Calhoun, Robinson Cano, Matt Carpenter, Chris Carter, Shin-Soo Choo, C. J. Cron, Brandon Cumpton,  David DeJesus, Daniel Descalso, Sean Doolittle, Ryan Doumit, Adam Dunn, Adam Eaton, Ryan Flaherty, Tyler Flowers, Conor Gillaspie, Jonny Gomes, Yan Gomes, Didi Gregorius, Brandon Guyer,  Andrew Heaney, Raul Ibanez, Chris Johnson, Kevin Kiermaier, George Kottaras, Jason Kubel, Evan Longoria, Nick Markakis, Russell Martin, Brandon McCarthy, Nate McClouth, Yadier Molina, Rafael Montero, Justin Morneau, Jimmy Nelson, Jonathon Niese, Hector Noesi, Ricky Nolasco, Vidal Nuno, Chris Parmelee, Jake Peavy, Jhonny Peralta, Trevor Plouffe, Buster Posey, Jose Ramirez, Colby Rasmus, Todd Redmond, Alex Rios, Wilin Rosario, Danny Salazar, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Gaby Sanchez, Ervin Santana, Hector Santiago, Michael Saunders,  Jean Segura, Kurt Suzuki, Justin Turner, Mark Trumbo, Danny Valencia, Jonathan Villar, Tony Watson, Jayson Werth, Ryan Wheeler, Tom Wilhelmsen, Chris Young, .

 

 

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